Margery Gilligan, whose sister was in the house on Harefield Road when it was shot at about 7.35pm last night, said “it is worrying because innocent people are being wrongly targeted.”

The 58-year-old, who lives just along the road from the shooting, said: “One moment the family were sitting round playing games, giggling, when the next thing they knew the windows came through and two of them had been shot.”

A five-year-old boy was also in the family home at the time but luckily was in the bathroom, although Margery says he came downstairs and saw all the blood.

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Margery says her nephew’s girlfriend, 21, had pellets in her head and hand but was discharged. However, her nephew, 22, has been kept in hospital.

She said: “He had a couple of pellets in his head and arms which the hospital weren’t too concerned about but there is a pellet lodged near his bowel so he has been kept in for further checks. He’s in good spirits though.”

The Speke resident who says it is the last thing you would expect over Christmas, adding that she was worried for the future now.

She added: “It certainly worries me for the future. I have four grandchildren living in the Speke area and it worries you because innocent people are being wrongly targeted. It is happening.”

The offenders are believed to have left the scene in a large, dark-coloured car travelling towards Stapleton Avenue.

Detectives say at this stage of their enquiries, the motive for the shooting is unclear.

The scene this morning on Harefield Road

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Liverpool superintendent Matt Boyle said: “The people responsible for this despicable attack have shown a complete disregard for anyone in this property as well as anyone who may have been out in the community that evening, and they need to be caught and brought to justice.

“Two people received injuries as a result of this attack, but it could so easily have been more and among those inside the house, but thankfully unhurt, was a five-year-old boy.

“I am sure the community will share our shock and distress at the fact that people could be shot as they sit in a living room. There are a lot of families in this community and I’m sure local residents would agree we need to trace the people responsible.

“There is no place for this type of violence on Merseyside and I believe someone in this community knows who is responsible.

“I would urge anyone who has any information about this incident to get in contact via the MSOC guncrime hotline on 0800 230 0600 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”